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Film Submissions Open for the 24th International Film Festival BellaTOFIFEST!
The call for submissions to two competitions organized as part of the 24th BellaTOFIFEST International Film Festival opens on January 15, 2026. Submissions will be accepted until May 20, 2026, via the online entry form available on the Festival’s website. More »
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It’s me. Helmut
Ich bin’s. Helmut · dir. Nicolas Steiner
Germany, Switzerland 2009, 12’
Helmut is celebrating his 60th birthday. Actually, he is 57. His wife, Gertrud, miscalculated. While the facade of his narrow-minded domesticity is crumbling, old friends pass by, facing Helmut with his past ― a bizarre declaration of love to transience.
| Director: | Nicolas Steiner |
| Screenplay: | Nicolas Steiner, Stefanie Ren |
| Music: | Hidden White Horn Jazz Band |
| Cinematography: | Clemens Baumeister |
| Awards: | Najlepszy Szwajcarski Film Krótkometrażowy / Best Swiss Short Film (MFF / IFF Winterthur 2009), 2. Nagroda dla Najlepszego Europejskiego Filmu Krótkometrażowego / 2nd price for Best European Short Film (FEC Cambrils Reus 2010) |
Nicolas Steiner was born in 1984 in a small town in the Swiss Alps. Since October 2007 he has been studying directing at the Filmakademie Baden-Wuerttemberg in Ludwigsburg (Germany).
